--- title: "Oceans: platforms | Nexus Observatory" description: "Service platforms for oceans, coasts and maritime: Waves, tides and sea level, Water temperature and salinity, Coastal water quality and Port and vessel…" url: https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/platforms/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Oceans](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/) / **Platforms** # The platforms behind oceans. The service platforms that design, build and run the systems this industry relies on, each with the areas that matter here. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/use-cases/) [Open the explainer](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/explainer/) **01** Service platforms ## The platforms behind this industry. Each platform is its own site, with its areas, its technologies and its reference architecture. [Service platform Sensors & instrumentsMeasurements that carry their own proof.](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Service platform ConnectivityPrivate 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Service platform Data & licensingGrid data, licensed for your use.](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Service platform Space and satellite systemsFrom orbit to the ground, on one protocol.](https://observatory.global/space/) [Service platform Earth observation & GeoAIThe ground, measured and modelled.](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Service platform Edge compute & AIInference beside the instrument.](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) [Service platform Positioning, navigation and timingWhere and when, with the error bound.](https://observatory.global/#lines) **02** Sensors & instruments ## Measurements that carry their own proof. Weather and environment stations to WMO practice, RF spectrum sensing in the band, and calibration that is traceable, recorded and repeated. Every value leaves with its metadata, quality flag and provenance. Or buy the observations and leave the hardware to us: Sensing as a Service. - [Instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/instruments/) - [Weather and environment](https://observatory.global/sensors/weather-and-environment/) - [RF sensing](https://observatory.global/sensors/rf-sensing/) - [Calibration](https://observatory.global/sensors/calibration/) - [Sensing as a Service](https://observatory.global/sensors/sensing-as-a-service/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) **03** Connectivity ## Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site. Standalone private 5G and O-RAN, AI-RAN on shared accelerated compute, LEO and GEO backhaul and 3GPP direct-to-device, LPWAN and mesh for sensors over kilometres, PTP timing inside the budget, and the spectrum route for each country. - [Private 5G](https://observatory.global/connectivity/private-5g/) - [AI-RAN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/ai-ran/) - [O-RAN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/o-ran/) - [Satellite and NTN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/satellite-and-ntn/) - [LPWAN and mesh](https://observatory.global/connectivity/lpwan-and-mesh/) - [Timing](https://observatory.global/connectivity/timing/) - [Spectrum](https://observatory.global/connectivity/spectrum/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) **04** Data & licensing ## Grid data, licensed for your use. Research, commercial API, enterprise and government tiers, the licence of every source carried through to every product, routes from licensed to open release, and residency fixed by contract. - [Products](https://observatory.global/data-products/products/) - [Tiers](https://observatory.global/data-products/tiers/) - [API](https://observatory.global/data-products/api/) - [Publication](https://observatory.global/data-products/publication/) - [Residency](https://observatory.global/data-products/residency/) - [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) **05** Space and satellite systems ## From orbit to the ground, on one protocol. Spacecraft buses and payload classes, constellations sized to revisit and coverage, non-terrestrial networks and 3GPP direct-to-device, tasking and downlink, and space safety from tracking to conjunction awareness. Every pass, product and link carries its provenance into the grid. - [Constellations and orbits](https://observatory.global/space/constellations-and-orbits/) - [Spacecraft and payloads](https://observatory.global/space/spacecraft-and-payloads/) - [NTN and direct-to-device](https://observatory.global/space/ntn-and-direct-to-device/) - [Tasking and downlink](https://observatory.global/space/tasking-and-downlink/) - [Space safety](https://observatory.global/space/space-safety/) - [Licensing and spectrum](https://observatory.global/space/licensing-and-spectrum/) - [Space and satellite systems](https://observatory.global/space/) **06** Earth observation & GeoAI ## The ground, measured and modelled. Ground-segment downlink and processing at the edge, drone and imagery campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, site twins measured in 3D, and GeoAI trained and checked against field truth, with the source and licence of every layer in view. - [Ground segment](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/ground-segment/) - [Drones and imagery](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/drones-and-imagery/) - [Site twins](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/site-twins/) - [GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/geoai/) - [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) **07** Edge compute & AI ## Inference beside the instrument. A modular edge data centre at the foot of the tower, multi-access edge computing one hop from the radio, inference on the live stream, scientific models run where the data lands, and physical AI for drones and robots, inside published red lines. - [AI tower](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/ai-tower/) - [MEC](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/mec/) - [Edge AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/overview/) - [Scientific compute](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/scientific-compute/) - [Physical AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/physical-ai/) - [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) **08** Positioning, navigation and timing ## Where and when, with the error bound. GNSS reference stations tied to the geodetic frame, PTP and SyncE time distribution engineered to the budget, grandmasters and holdover that ride through outages, and resilient PNT that finds jamming and spoofing before a timestamp goes wrong. - [GNSS reference networks](https://observatory.global/) - [Time distribution](https://observatory.global/) - [Grandmasters and holdover](https://observatory.global/) - [Resilient PNT](https://observatory.global/) - [Interference detection](https://observatory.global/) - [Positioning, navigation and timing](https://observatory.global/#lines) **09** One architecture ## Every platform on the same open protocol. Identity, time, observation and evidence work the same way on every platform, so the systems this industry buys fit together. **01** ### Join Identity, attestation quote, signed policy. **02** ### Admit Admitted for a stated scope, nothing wider. **03** ### Describe What, where, how and by whom, with calibration. **04** ### Time One clock across the grid, with its error bound. **05** ### Observe Every value with quality and provenance. **06** ### Qualify Tested against the specification, state on record. ### Ready when you are. Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Station Builder](https://observatory.global/studio/builder/) [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) ## Bring us the site. Survey, design, deployment and operation for oceans. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Home](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/) [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/use-cases/) [Specialized fields](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/fields/) [Solutions](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/solutions/) [Platforms](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/platforms/) [Systems and technologies](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/systems/) [Frontier](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/frontier/) [Open](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/open/) [Community](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/community/) [Countries](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/countries/) [Resources](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/resources/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Oceans** . From the coastline to the open ocean.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Oceans - [Overview](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/) - [Explainer](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/explainer/) - [Specialized fields](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/fields/) - [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/use-cases/) - [Solutions](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/solutions/) - [Platforms](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/platforms/) - [Resources](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/resources/) - [Contact](https://observatory.global/industries/oceans/contact/) Platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) - [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) - 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